The history of the Polish Dance Theater and its successes is one thing, it is difficult to count them and mention them all, all the more so in a not very long film; however, life - neither human life nor theater life - consists of victories alone. Therefore, take my word for it, the theater director has nothing to envy. And I don't mean this particular theater, or even a theater that has been searching for its place on Earth for almost five decades. Because the life of the theater is not only poetry, but largely prose, and sometimes, unfortunately, drama. Imagine any drama or drama in life, and there's a good chance it happened to any theater in the world. Fire? Here you go: The National Theater in Warsaw has burned five times. If historians are to be believed, 1,200 theaters in the world burned down in the 19th century.

Fire, moreover, has more than one name. When the Polish Dance Theater left for Italy in the first months of martial law in Poland, 14 people, including thirteen dancers, did not return to Poland from that trip. Director Conrad Drzewiecki was devastated. If a fire doesn't suit you here, how about an earthquake?

Our film, of course, is not only about disasters. The legend of the Polish Dance Theater was, of course, built first and foremost by successes; as much, in fact, as by precedence and innovation. Telling a story that began 50 years ago, it's hard not to fall into nostalgia, so tissues may come in handy. All the more so because it is also in part a road movie - in the literal and figurative sense of those words. After all, the journey of the Polish Dance Theater is not only performances on the stages of five continents, but also a journey through time and a search for one's own identity. There is something to remember. There is something to remember.

But there is no reason to be frightened that - listening to the memories of former employees and witnesses to this history - you will be bored to the proverbial death. No human being speaks out in this film.

Radek Wysocki

MY THEATRE (running time 50 minutes)

Script and direction: Radek Wysocki

Photographs: Marek Grabowski

Montage: Radek Wysocki

Post-production: Miroslaw Mamczur

Narrator: Andrzej Mastalerz

Production: Polish Dance Theater 2023

Premiere shows were held as part of the inauguration of the anniversary season: September 12, 13, 15 and 16 at the Polish Dance Theater.

Premiere shows were held on September 12, 13, 15 and 16 at the Polish Dance Theater.

Synthetics of the authors:

RADEK WYSOCKI

Writer, copywriter, editor, songwriter, screenwriter of commercials and music videos.

Studied political science and journalism at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. After working for several years at Gazeta Wyborcza - as a journalist and editor - in the late 1990s, he joined the advertising industry and then the film industry. He is the author of the novel "Human tuman" (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2004, awarded the 2004 Spring Book of the Raczynski Library) and the children's book "My first calendar" (Rebis 2000, Edukacja award - for the best educational book for children and young people in Poland in 2000). As a writer and producer (GuzikOwcy), he won the Yach award in the Innovation category at the Yach Film Festival 2010 for the music video "I live in the country" by the band Strachy na Lachy. In 2014, he won a competition by the Musical Theater in Poznan for lyrics to the musical "Sexmisja." He received the Silver Dauphin award at the Corporate Media & TV Awards CANNES 2018 - for the campaign "Museum? That you would know!" for the National Museum in Poznań.

He has collaborated several times with Iwona Pasinska as a playwright and librettist (including "Peter and the Wolves" - Grand Theater in Poznan 2010, "Last Sunday I RE//MIX Conrad Drzewiecki" projects. - Komuna Warsaw 2013, "Rite of Spring <6,6/66>" - CK "Zamek" in Poznan 2014, "Fallen Angels" - CK "Zamek" in Poznan 2015 and a performance for children "KoczkodanSe". - Polish Dance Theater in Poznan 2022.

MAREK GRABOWSKI

image operator.

Studied at the Academy of Film and Television in Warsaw. Has worked professionally as a cinematographer and commercial photographer for years. He is the cinematographer of award-winning documentaries and feature films, such as "Father's Day", "The Rite of Spring", "The Game", "On the Tower of Babel", the film "Fragment" and the documentary "Force". Co-author of cinematography for the film "Pre Mortem". The films he co-created were presented at the International Meeting on Video-dance and Video-performance in Valencia, Camerimage, in Cannes and at the Feature Film Festival in Gdynia. Image creator in the choreographic film projects of the Polish Dance Theater "Initiation", "Brzemię", "Toporł", "Ta Mara", "Zielnik" and "Beast", which have been repeatedly presented and awarded in competitions and festivals in Poland and abroad, including the USA, Canada, Mexico, China, Indonesia and Dubai.

MIROSŁAW FELIX MAMCZUR

Writer, director, cinematographer and film editor.

Studied directing at the Wajda School (DOK PRO) and the Implementation of Film and Television Image in Lodz. Winner of the FFD award in Gliwice in the category of best cinematography and repeatedly nominated for film awards. Responsible for the realization and post-production of the choreographic film projects "Initiation", "Brzemię", "Toporzeł", "Ta Mara", "Zielnik", "Beast" of the Polish Dance Theater, awarded in international competitions and festivals around the world.

ANDRZEJ MASTALERZ

Polish theater and film actor and dubbing director.

A graduate of the Acting Department of the State Higher School of Theatre in Wroclaw. After graduation, he joined the Stefan Jaracz Theater in Lodz, and then the Studio Theater, the Powszechny Theater and the Polski Theater in Warsaw (until 2018). Awarded for his role in Gombrowicz's Crime with Premeditation at the XXXVI Kalisz Theater Meetings. He created a number of roles in Piotr Cieplak's productions of "Kubuś P" and "The Seagull," among others. Nominated for the Warsaw Felix Awards, in the category of best supporting male role, for the role of Pantalone in the play "Servant of Two Gentlemen" (directed by Rimas Tuminas). He is a lecturer at the Warsaw Film School. A rich chapter of his career includes roles in Television Theater and work in Polish Radio. On screen, he made his debut in the famous "A Short Film About Killing," directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski. He has worked with Agnieszka Holland, Władysław Pasikowski, Lech Majewski and Marek Koterski, among others.